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Bonds among Giants to don No. 42

Bonds among Giants to don No. 42

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By Tony DeMarco
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Special to MLB.com |

DENVER -- Rained out of an opportunity to honor Jackie Robinson on Sunday in Pittsburgh, Barry Bonds and four other Giants got their chance Monday.

"All the teams that didn't get the opportunity [on Sunday], should have the opportunity to honor Jackie Robinson," Bonds said before Monday's game against the Rockies. "We all should take the time to honor Jackie Robinson.

"He means a lot to all of us. Doing the things that he did -- for African-Americans and for baseball as a whole -- to me, Jackie Robinson changed baseball as a whole."

Bonds said his father, Bobby, was the victim of racial discrimination as a Minor League player back in the early 1960s.

"In North Carolina, I was a baby back then," Bonds said. "You could pretty much sit anywhere, but the black section was safer.

"For rent, they would charge $80. But for blacks, it was $80 per person. My mom and I, we would have to go home, because my dad couldn't afford that."